Silver Morgan

Concerning the Tragic and Most Untimely Death of Mr. Peter Conrad Wilbury A night out has fatal consequences.

'I confess I may have been quite blotto earlier, but I’m not dead! So leave me alone!’

A tragic event takes place, and the main character remains oblivious. Who’s going to inform the dead that they're no longer alive?

#dark #comedy #humour #death #dontfearthereaper

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Suffice to say I will NOT be renewing that subscription next year.

#ads #ohno #fuckoff #ihatethisshit #theworst #why #terrible #adbreak #fuckthis #nooooooo

You know, things that add real value to people's days.

Okay, so my hatred of ads might be a little over the top, but think about it. They're fucking EVERYWHERE. ->

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Once you start paying attention, there's hardly a metre out there that isn't plastered with vapid attempts to make us buy shit.

Imagine if all those posters were of art. Or beautiful photography. ->

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I'm aware that this seems like a really minor gripe in the grand scheme of things, but do we even notice how much of our time and our space is taken up by ads? ->

#ads #ohno #fuckoff #ihatethisshit #theworst #why #terrible #adbreak #fuckthis #nooooooo

when I say that the rich beg for money more than the poor ever have.

We need about 5% of that crap. The rest is for their wallets only.

Someone needs to take steps to limit the amount of ads. Seriously. ->

#ads #ohno #fuckoff #ihatethisshit #theworst #why #terrible #adbreak #fuckthis #nooooooo

and the fact that ads can keep any app or site alive, no matter how crappy, because of the revenue they bring in, essentially makes quality irrelevant.

On top of that, this is exactly what I mean ->

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they're basically used as a punishment ('if you don't give us more money than you can afford, guess what, we'll cram ads down your throat until you choke'), ->

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Two of them are in the beginning of each episode, the rest are divided on two separate ad breaks.

Can we just agree that this whole ad thing has gone too far? They pollute all parts of the public sphere, ->

#ads #ohno #fuckoff #ihatethisshit #theworst #why #terrible #adbreak #fuckthis #nooooooo

I just renewed my Max subscription and regretted it instantly.

I'm watching The Handmaid's Tale (impressive show so far), and for every 50-or-so minute episode, there are now no less than 13 ads. ->

#ads #ohno #fuckoff #ihatethisshit #theworst #why #terrible #adbreak #fuckthis #nooooooo

I love your style!

That is amazing.

The winter literature of someone who is spectacularly single on Valentine's Day.

Quite interesting, if entirely devoid of romance (though it does have plenty of Romans. Ha ha, what a wonderful pun.)

#Rome #romanempire #ancientrome #history #spqr #literature #nonfiction #valentine #puns #dateless

A man with short brown hair that's shaved on the sides, a goatee, and eyeliner. He wears a necklace with a bat pendant, a dark t-shirt, and a studded vest. He was trying to look all dark and dramatic, but failed.

I may look like a rock star who was vaguely popular twenty years ago, but it might be acceptable. To some.

#selfie #metalhead #goth #feltcute #rocknroll #rock #rockstar

Strings What I learned about my strange new uncle.

Do you want a spooky little treat tonight?

In October, my flash fiction piece 'Strings' won first place in a contest on Medium. It is an eerie tale of things that are not quite as they seem, however much we love them.

Why not check it out?

#writing #writingcommunity #horror #spooky #winner

To be fair, neither am I.

Hooty birthday, kid!

I only hope I will never grow this comfortable again, and that nobody from the generation after me will ever look at a newly weeded garden and conclude from this that weeds belong in the past. 5/5

#currentevents #fascism #usa #ohno #trump

I've been horribly, terrifyingly privileged to believe that the western world had evolved past this (after first spreading it everywhere we went, but still).

It scares me that this is reality now, and that Europe is not distancing itself like it should. 4/

#currentevents #fascism #usa #ohno #trump

I grew up thinking that wars, fascism, and dictatorships were falling out of fashion. Something that might still happen in 'Other Places', so far removed from my life that it didn't feel real, but certainly not to anyone I knew.

And yet, here we are. 3/

#currentevents #fascism #usa #ohno #trump

'How is this even happening? Why isn't this done in a mature way, by people who are trying to at least leave SOME aspects of society intact?'

But my grandparents lived through the last round. If either of them were alive today, they'd recognise it. 2/

#currentevents #fascism #usa #ohno #trump

I've become acutely aware recently that I was born during peace times, a couple of years after the end of the Cold War and long after WW2.

When I hear about things going on with a certain global superpower these days, I can't help but wonder 1/

#currentevents #fascism #usa #ohno #trump

I didn't realise this was what I was doing in my comedy series, but it absolutely is. Suddenly I have some really serious passages amongst all the chaos and nonsense. It's an interesting way to work, for sure!

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It truly is a perfect simplified explanation.

I'm on the mend, but more slowly than I'd like. I have stuff to do, dammit!

A thirty-something man with dark eyes, a goatee, and very little hair is lying in bed and staring at the camera in dismay. He is having a terrible day. He is hoping you feel better than he has this past week.

I think Santa needs a hearing aid. Apparently, he thought the song was called 'All I Want for Christmas Is Flu' and decided to bring me exactly that. I did not like it at all.

#christmas2024 #christmas #santa #santaclaus #flu #ugh #hateit #fatherchristmas #terrible #selfie

Pleas from a Bloody Tongue Don’t go through the woods at night.

Who doesn't want to be chased through the woods at night by a bloodthirsty monster?

Now's your chance!

Read my newest flash fiction piece, Pleas from a Bloody Tongue, on Medium today!

#writer #horror #writing #scary #monster #gore #dark #survival #woods #fear #hunt #flashfiction #shortstory

Happy to hear!

I'm glad you liked it!

A Rider Waiting I have seen this cloud before.

Fancy some grand-scale, almost Biblical horror today?

Check out my newest flash fiction piece, A Rider Waiting, on Medium now!

#apocalypse #apocalyptic #flashfiction #death #horror #dark #medium #writer #writing #shortstory #fear #fiction